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On Tuesday, Senate Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s intensely contested budget bill for the coming fiscal year, returning it to the House in a form that would slash $93 billion from annual federal Medicaid spending across the next decade, require states to implement Medicaid work requirements for adults (with limited exemptions), and strip health insurance […]
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Ryan Coogler’s Sinners will be the first movie on a streaming platform that will also be available in Black American Sign Language at the time of its digital release when it hits HBO Max on the Fourth of July. “By amplifying Black Deaf voices and honoring the culture, identity, and history at the heart of […]
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“Sinners” is Bringing Black American Sign Language to the Mainstream Read Post »
Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.
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Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous Read Post »
As budget cuts threaten to harm the rest of us, distorted spending priorities are making arms producers stronger.
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Militarists Are Carrying the Day in the Battle Between Welfare and Warfare Read Post »
This is devastating… The Senate has passed the GOP domestic policy bill, which advances Trump’s agenda, by a vote of 51–50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote.
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We took down our last post because it was misunderstood. We should have done a better job explaining and we’re sorry we didn’t.
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Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-oriented model of political power remains incomprehensible to most political observers.
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Mamdani’s Ability to Break With Dem Status Quo Depends on Organizing From Below Read Post »
With Democrats unanimously opposed to the bill, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose three GOP votes.
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After All-Night Session of Wrangling, GOP Still Lacks Votes to Pass Budget Bill Read Post »
A win! In a rare show of unity, the Senate voted 99–1 overnight to remove a controversial provision that would have blocked states from passing and enforcing their own artificial intelligence laws for the next decade.
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Will Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as critics contend, be a massive giveaway to the rich? Absolutely, when you tally it up. Yet the bill’s provisions, while devastating to the nation’s poorest, represent only modest gains for the majority of affluent families. Consider the merely rich—the top-earning 10 percent of households. The Congressional Budget […]
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Even Sky-High Income Tax Rates Won’t Stop the Relentless Rise of the Richest Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republicans are pushing to pass a major spending bill that includes provisions to prevent states from enacting regulations on artificial intelligence. Such untamed growth in AI will take a heavy toll upon the world’s dangerously overheating climate, experts have […]
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